Carragh, Co. Kildare scores 66/100 for quality of life, #28 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €610,000 (most €427,500–€684,000), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,006 people live here, down 7.4% since 2016. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
Ranked on quality of life alone — cost of living excluded, so the genuinely best areas rank top even though they cost more. Factor in price and Carragh is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,006 people, down 7.4% since 2016.
Carragh, Co. Kildare, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #28 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Carragh scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Carragh over the last 24 months was €610,000, most between €427,500 and €684,000 (Property Price Register).
Carragh is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell 8% → 5%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, population fell 7.4% since 2016, prices up 32.1%.
New builds are rare in Carragh — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
6 planning applications were lodged within Carragh in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (28 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Carragh scores 81/100 for families and community.
Carragh scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Carragh is about 39 minutes by road from Dublin.
Sale prices from the Property Price Register (rolling 24 months). Quality of Life averages seven equal-weighted dimensions from 40+ metrics across 13 public datasets (CSO census + SAPS, Garda crime, SEAI, EPA, DES schools, GTFS). Population is CSO Census 2022; the “on the up” trajectory compares 2016→2022. Figures refresh daily · an area assessment, not advice on a specific property. Updated August 2026.